IraqWar

Times Maintains Near Silence as Haditha "Massacre" Case Crumbles

The Times ran over 35 stories on the Haditha "massacre," but issued only brief wire reports as the case against two Marines crumbled.

Reporter Says McCain Trying to Live Down "Warmonger" Reputation

Julie Bosman on McCain's first general election ad: "If Mr. McCain has developed a reputation as a warmonger..."

Times Virtually Ignores Haditha Acquittal

The Times was all over the Haditha "massacre." Yet now that the prosecution has suffered yet another failure, you can hardly locate the story with a microscope.

U.S. Deaths in Iraq at All-Time Low, but NYT Looks on Dark Side

The Times reminds us things could get worse again: "There have been troughs in American casualty rates before, only to be followed by increases. Just on Sunday, an American soldier was killed by a ...

Keller Blames Readers "Preoccupied" With Gas Prices, Not Iraq - But So Is the NYT

Executive Editor Bill Keller blames readers for Iraq fatigue: "There is a cold and sad calculation that readers/viewers aren't that interested in the war, whether because they are preoccupied with ...

As Isolated POW, McCain Didn't Learn Correct Liberal Lessons from Vietnam

Matt Bai in a Sunday Magazine cover profile of McCain and his experience as a POW in Vietnam: "Whatever anger McCain felt remained focused on his captors, not on his own superiors back in Washington."

Guantanamo Bay Inmate Released, Becomes Terrorist: Still U.S. Fault?

Alissa Rubin on a man released from Guantanamo who became a suicide bomber: "As many as 36 former Guantánamo detainees have taken part in violent acts against Western targets after their release, ...

The "Credible" "Innocents" of Guantanamo Bay? Former Inmate Becomes Suicide Bomber

While Nicholas Kristof fretted over the abuse of innocent prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, a colleague revealed that a released inmate was a bomber tied to suicide attacks in Mosul.

Still Calling it the Haditha "Massacre"

Manohla Dargis reviews a British filmmaker's dramatization of the "massacre" by Marines in the Iraqi town of Haditha.

Lizette Alvarez Still Supporting the Troops

The military's full of felons, says the same reporter who smeared soldiers as criminals in a front-page report in January.
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